Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Foreign Affairs set out in a draft document to elicit people's interest in the Berlin proposal, a broad view of what Canada's embassy in Berlin should be.
He defined it as a place that invites those approaching it. Those are his words.
How can the minister justify the choice of firm from Winnipeg, when the juries concluded that this proposal, and I quote “tends to erect a barrier to the public, is not a very inviting proposal”. As a contradiction, is—